jyu5 mou4 kau4羽毛球
Jyutpingjyu5 mou4 kau4
Yaleyúh mòuh kàuh
Definition
Badminton, or the shuttlecock used to play it.
- badminton; the sport played with rackets and a shuttlecock
- shuttlecock; the projectile used in badminton
colloquialsports
How it's used
Refers to both the sport itself and the shuttlecock projectile. When discussing the physical object, it is common to distinguish between the professional version made of real feathers and the plastic version used for casual play by calling the latter 膠波.
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go3個goExamples
Are you free to play badminton tomorrow?
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
